We read about them in chivalric novels and satirical short stories by Boccaccio, saw them in films, and looked at them in paintings. But there was still no consensus. This is understandable - what can noble, beautiful princesses, for whom knights perform feats, have in common, and dirty peasant women who die resignedly somewhere out there, in the background of a TV series or novel? What kind of “correct” medieval woman is she? “Vessel of Sin” or Beautiful Lady? A valuable commodity on the marriage market or a powerless slave of her husband? Bold harlot or exalted nun? Or maybe all this taken together? Or none of it, so it's better to forget everything we knew or thought we knew about this topic, start studying all over again and look for the truth somewhere else where no one has looked yet. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.